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Barcelona want to agree a new deal with Lionel Messi in the next few days - and it could see him earn £29m-a-year. Messi has 18 months left on his current deal but his dad Jorge, who

represents him, is in Barcelona for talks over an extension. The new deal will see Messi earn a bumper £550,000-a-week, according to respected Spanish newspaper _Marca_, and the player is

said to be keen to make put pen to paper. Discussions over an extension started late last year with the intentions of both sides being for Messi to stay at the Nou Camp. Diego Costa will

leave Chelsea in the summer, according to Danny Higginbotham. When asked if he thinks Costa will leave Chelsea, Higginbotham told: "I think so. I would be very surprised if he was at

Chelsea at the start of next season. "From Chelsea’s point of view, before they let him go they will have to get someone in. "He will be very difficult to replace."

Southampton have announced the signing of winger Nathan Tella. Tella, 17, has been at Arsenal for 10 years but was out of contract at the end of the season. The winger said: “I am delighted

to have signed here. “It’s just a relief to know that I have found a place that I can settle down and crack on with my future. “I had a really good ten years at Arsenal and I wouldn’t change

any of it, but I am looking forward to starting a new chapter here now.” Manchester United are confident of signing Neymar from Barcelona this summer. Spanish outlet _Don Balon_ claim the

Red Devils are willing to offer him wages of £380,000 a week to bring him to Old Trafford. They also believe Lionel Messi’s influence is key to the deal with Neymar keen to become a talisman

- something he cannot be at Barcelona.